Monday, October 19, 2009

Today was another chilly day, and our adventures were once again limited. We did manage to make a trip down to the Mall of Georgia area for a spell...but the majority of the day was spent cleaning up the house and basically resting. Yes, we needed some rest from the weekend!

Madison spent much of the day playing at our feet. We played around quite a bit today, with Daddy giving piggy back rides and Mommy spending time reading with her. Just before bed, she has this new routine: as soon as she's finished her bottle, she'll leave the nursery and go through the house trying to find the other parent. As soon as she's spotted one of us, she'll make sure there's eye contact...and bolt back down the hallway screaming! The chase is on!

She flees down the hallway and runs back to whichever parent is sitting in the rocking chair, whimpering for help! "Please save me," she seems to scream! Of course, she's doing a whole lot of laughing at the same time. Mommy or Daddy will lurk down the hallway, big scary footsteps marching along and then... moo-ah-ah-ah-ah! The tickling begins!

This is a fun bedtime ritual we've been into as of late. Madison gets a kick out of it, of course! Moo-ah-ah-ah!

MADISON'S BOOK CLUB

Today's featured selection is "Babar's Book of Color." It's the best of both worlds with this book. Madison really likes elephants - we remember her laughing and laughing at them at the zoo. Each time she sees one, she lets out her best impression of an elephant. Naturally, Babar and his crew are ideal for teaching kids who like elephants about anything - and in this book, it's colors. Madison knows grey - she was wearing grey pajamas and pointed that out. She knows black, and she definitely knows green. She sort of says her colors, but she can spot them and correctly identify them pretty quick - which is great. She's a really smart girl - but of course, we're sort of biased!